Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs
Also called: Airport Apron Bus Driver, Airport Shuttle Driver, Airside Transfer Bus Driver, Chauffeur, Corporate Driver, Courtesy Car Driver, Courtesy Van Driver, Crew Car Driver
Drive a motor vehicle to transport passengers on a planned or scheduled basis.
What shuttle drivers and chauffeurs do
Typical tasks
- Test vehicle equipment, such as lights, brakes, horns, or windshield wipers, to ensure proper operation.
- Check the condition of a vehicle's tires, brakes, windshield wipers, lights, oil, fuel, water, and safety equipment to ensure that everything is in working order.
- Comply with traffic regulations to operate vehicles in a safe and courteous manner.
- Follow relevant safety regulations and state laws governing vehicle operation, and ensure that passengers follow safety regulations.
- Operate vehicles with specialized equipment, such as wheelchair lifts, to transport and secure passengers with special needs.
- Report any vehicle malfunctions or needed repairs.
- Perform routine vehicle maintenance, such as regulating tire pressure and adding gasoline, oil, and water.
- Pick up and drop off passengers at regularly scheduled neighborhood locations, following strict time schedules.
- Drive shuttle busses, limousines, company cars, or privately owned vehicles to transport passengers.
- Prepare and submit reports that may include the number of passengers or trips, hours worked, mileage driven fuel consumed, or fares received.
- Notify dispatchers or company mechanics of vehicle problems.
- Provide passengers with assistance entering and exiting vehicles, and help them with any luggage.
Typical path into the job (BLS)
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs salary
The median annual wage for shuttle drivers and chauffeurs is $37,290 (BLS OEWS May 2025; BLS Employment Projections 2025–35, national). The lowest 10 percent earn less than $28,090 and the highest 10 percent earn more than $55,070. The mean annual wage is $39,880.
The mean hourly wage of $19.00 is 2.6× the federal minimum wage of $7.25. State minimums are higher in most large states. Minimum wage by state →
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Pay by percentile
Annual wage percentiles from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Percentiles are a good proxy for pay by experience.
Projected pay for Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs (3, 5 and 10 years)est.
Today $37,290 → in 3 years $41,000 → in 5 years $43,800 → in 10 years $51,400 (10-year range $44,200–$59,600). The model assumes pay growth of +3.2% per year.
What drives the annual growth rate
Projected pay = current pay × (1 + annual growth)^years. The annual growth rate starts from a base wage-growth rate and adds or subtracts labor demand (BLS projected employment growth), wage momentum and AI replacement risk for each occupation. Projections are not guarantees. How it is calculated →
Outlook score for Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs
Each component is a percentile rank among all occupations in the same country (0–100). Weights: labor demand 25, wage momentum / openings 15, pay level 15, AI resistance 25, aging workforce 10 (Japan only), entry barrier 10.
Will AI replace Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs? AI replacement risk
How AI is changing this job
A written analysis for this occupation is being prepared.
AI replacement risk compares the parts of a job that are easy to hand to AI or software (processing information, documentation, repetitive computer work) with the parts that are hard to automate (physical work, working closely with people, judgment in unpredictable settings), using O*NET work activities, work context, skills and knowledge. The result is a relative position among all occupations in the country, scaled to 0–100%. Methodology →
Labor demand for Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs
Employment projections are from the BLS Employment Projections program (2025–35). Annual openings include both new jobs and replacement of workers who leave the occupation.
The same job in Japan
| Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs United States | 送迎バス等運転手 Japan | 介護タクシー運転手 Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median / average pay | $37,290 | ¥4.53M ≈ $28,813 | ¥4.51M ≈ $28,669 |
| Pay in 10 years (est.) | $51,400 | ¥6.34M | ¥6.36M |
| Outlook score | 63 | 65 | 68 |
| AI replacement risk | 37% Low | 18% Very low | 7% Very low |
| Workers | 249K | — | — |
Matched by occupation (SOC code). Yen converted at 157.25 JPY/USD for reference; Japanese figures are averages, U.S. figures are medians, and the surveys define occupations differently.
Skills, education and requirements for Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs
Key skills
O*NET skill level ratings (0–7).
Key knowledge areas
What the work involves
Important abilities
Education of workers
Training before entry
Related work experience
Job Zone 2 — some preparation needed (O*NET)
Difficulty of entry: ★★☆☆☆ Fairly easy (from education, training, experience and Job Zone)
How to become shuttle drivers and chauffeurs
A step-by-step guide for this occupation is being prepared. The education, training and experience data above show the typical path.
Career path and how to earn more as shuttle drivers and chauffeurs
Career-path guidance is being prepared. Pay by percentile is shown in the Pay section.